The caliph and the heretic Ibn Saba and the origins of Shiism / [electronic resource] :
by Sean W. Anthony.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
- xiii, 352 p.
- Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, v. 91 0929-2403 ; .
- Islamic history and civilization ; v. 91. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ibn Saba and the Sayfian corpus -- Sayf ibn Umar and the Sabaiya (i): the caliphate of Uthman ibn Affan -- Sayf ibn Umar and the Sabaiya (ii): Ali ibn Abi Talib the Battle of the camel -- Excursus: The Sayfian corpus in the riwaya of Nasr ibn Muzahim -- Ibn Saba and the heresiographers -- The execution of Ibn Saba -- The parousia of Ali ibn Abi Talib -- Excursus 1: Ali in the clouds -- Excursus 2: The letter of Ali given to Abd Allah ibn Wahb al-Hamdani -- The Sabaiya of the Umayyad period.
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